Category: Mixed Media

The Jot January Mood Board has a distinctive beachy/water feel to it, and so I decided to use some of my husband’s childhood photos of swimming. In my mixed media stash I have some used tea bag paper that I dried out, they have a lovely sepia colour and so I added them to the…

I can’t believe it has been so long since last time I blogged! I’ve been busy this year doing some online art classes – Wanderlust from Everything Art and Inspiration Wednesday with Donna Downey. So I thought I would share a few of the projects I’ve been working on. I was really pleased with this…

Wow, I can’t believe my last post was the April Tag from my 12 Tags of 2015, and here I am with the May one! It has been a busy month, and if you follow my Facebook Page you can see some of the things I’ve been doing. I love all the layers on the…

Among all the busyness of the past few weeks, I’ve had the chance to make some projects using beautiful Prima products. (Warning: there are lots of photos in this post!) In one of my op-shop checks I found this cute little glass butter dish complete with a cloche, I fell in love with it, but…

Kaisercraft are having their annual Design Team Call, and I thought that this year I would apply – have you seen the April releases? I love the new Chase Rainbows. My first project is a Beyond the Page book, Window Display Album with 10 Pockets. This sweet book has MDF covers and pocket page protectors that…

Just a quick post about my March Tag inspired by Tim’s 12 Tags of 2015 for March. This was fun tag to do, starting with Tissue Tape and then Distress Paints as the background. I stamped and embossed two flowers, then created masks for them before using Faber Castell Whipped Spackle through Cargo Layering Stencil…

This year I have signed up for Donna Downey’s Inspiration Wednesday Online Workshop. I had purchased an Inspiration Journal when I did classes with Donna in Timaru, and I hadn’t used it – this was the perfect opportunity. I created a second signature, and my book was ready. The first week was a lovely introductory…

A new year means a new series of Tim Holtz 12 Tags, and I’ve done my January one. Only some slight differences from Tim’s – I didn’t have his plastic numbers so I cut my own on the Cuttlebug and painted them black. Then my favourite part – my new splatter brush which…

Here are the last four tags from my 12 Tags of Christmas inspired by Tim Holtz 2011 12 Tags of Christmas, I finished the off on Christmas Eve – it was great to spend a hot afternoon, in my cool studio! Tag number 9 uses a faux enamel technique with Distress Ink and heat embossing,…

I’m not very good at doing the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 tag in the right month, but at least I get them done! This weekend I caught up with the September, October and November tag. It was nice to spend an afternoon playing in my studio, trying out new techniques…